It was such exciting news from Wolfgang and Jill – two male leopards visiting our cameras. Go to the Leopard Blog to see the photos which Duncan loaded for us in July. Be sure to keep checking the Blog. We eagerly await each posting of the photos to find out what is happening on the cameras. Thanks for all your efforts Wolfgang, Jill, Duncan and Kate. Don’t forget – Saturday 2nd September 5.30-8 p.m for a Community gathering hosted by RERA, RESA, REC and Village People. Please come to the Drummond Arms Pub to join all the community for a glass of wine, some soup and get to know all the new Rooielsers now living here. There will be a cash bar for other drinks. All welcome – if you have a chance and you think you may come, please email [email protected] to help with catering numbers - but come even if you forgot to let us know - the more the merrier. On Baboon updates: Joselyn now has a research assistant, Kaelin Delong, also from the USA, who will be assisting with the baboon research. Kaelin will be helping with the project for the next few months. Maybelline gave birth to female infant Marlowe on June 21st and Sage gave birth to male infant Squash on August 12th. Despite having lost infants on the R44 last year, mothers and infants are thriving. Click to link and keep up to date on the troop's family tree Alpha male Cliff recently had his GPS collar removed after he sustained a neck wound. A GPS collar may be placed on a different member of the troop in the near future so that home-range data can continue to be collected. The Rooiels Conservancy hosted the second Wildlife Research Talk fundraiser at Harold Porter Botanical Gardens on August 26th, 2017. The two speakers discussed their research on the genetics and status of cheetah in South Africa and baboon ecology and conflict with livestock farmers in the Karoo. Be sure not to miss the talks on 30th September on Verreaux’s Black Eagles and Urban Caracal in the Cape – go to the REC newsletter for details. Thanks to RESA who have updated the Emergency numbers for Rooielsers and these are now reflected on the Key Information Page – this is a Community Website and we really appreciate, photos, feedback and inputs from you all. Go to Rooiels Field Notes for interesting photos from Rooielsers
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